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And then there was one. Loading audio narration… XAI cofounder Manuel Kroiss has told people he is leaving the company, according to insiders with knowledge of his exit.Kroiss, who is also known as “Makro,” is one of 11 engineers who helped launch the company alongside Elon Musk in 2023. With his exit, the number of cofounder departures now sits at 10.Guodong Zhang, Zihang Dai, Toby Pohlen, Jimmy Ba, Tony Wu, and Greg Yang have all stepped away since January.XAI and Kroiss did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Kroiss led pretraining, which helps train the company’s AI models on…
In the early 2000s, the reality TV show The Biggest Loser was a cable TV hit. But it has since come under scrutiny for its grueling challenges and treatment of its contestants. Participants have spoken out about alleged mistreatment on the show, and it has been the subject of a documentary exposé. In the 20 years since The Biggest Loser debuted, the body positivity movement — which advocates for acceptance of all body types and challenges weight stigma and discrimination — has gained traction, and lost it again, especially amid the rise of GLP-1 weight loss drugs.Now there’s a debate…
The explosion of new data center projects in the U.S. has led to a growing backlash against the infrastructure that powers AI. Two influential politicians are now proposing a ban on any new data centers with peak power loads in excess of 20 megawatts. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York are introducing companion legislation in their respective chambers today that would halt the projects until Congress enacts comprehensive AI regulation. Sanders’ office points to remarks from a variety of tech luminaries who have discussed their fears of AI and called for stricter rules or…
ABC News’ Sam Champion returned to “Good Morning America” on Wednesday after undergoing an emergency heart procedure.The weather anchor updated viewers on his health after undergoing a cardiac catheterization, a medical procedure used to diagnose and treat heart conditions, according to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.”I’m sitting here, I feel fine … but I did have an emergency procedure,” he said, adding that he wanted to share his story to raise awareness about heart health and how others can start a conversation with their own doctors.ABC News – PHOTO: Sam Champion on “Good Morning America,” March 25, 2026.Champion,…
Defense tech is winner-takes-all, according to Andruil’s president. Loading audio narration… Anduril has quickly become a market leader, spawning a venture capital frenzy. The industry is also notoriously competitive, with companies duking it out for lucrative government contracts.On the “20VC” podcast, President and Chief Business Officer Matthew Steckman described the company’s strategy. They’d need to win in key product categories, he said — and maybe monopolize them.Every defense product category has one big or two big programs, Steckman said. He used the example of small drones, for which there are “very few” programs that would create enough revenue to maintain…
Salesforce isn’t offering raises this year to employees at the director level and above, according to an internal email viewed by Business Insider.”We have decided to focus merit increases at the Senior Manager level (grade 8) and below,” states the email, sent by the company’s human-resources team.Instead of giving raises, the company said it is increasing stock and bonus pools for its “highest performing individuals” among upper-level employees, calling it part of an “investment in performance and long-term growth.”Employees will learn about their compensation during performance reviews, which begin at the end of March.Salesforce’s decision could reflect a broader shift…
Goodnight, sweet Sora. You were a wonderful tool for trolling my friends, but you burned too bright (and used too much compute) to stay around in this harsh world.For a brief moment, I absolutely loved Sora. I loved making silly videos of my friends and me. I loved that I could use my friend’s face to put them in ridiculous situations, like falling over while roller-skating at their desk, experiencing gastric distress, or singing in a ska band.I was addicted to making these, churning them out, often starting a new one while waiting for the previous one to render, and…
Amazon built the “Everything Store.” Now it’s trying to become the every-hour store.The e-commerce giant is testing a new delivery system that breaks the day into 10 distinct windows spanning 24 hours, according to internal documents obtained by Business Insider.That’s a meaningful expansion from Amazon’s traditional delivery hours, which typically run from 6 am to 10 pm. The new structure effectively turns delivery into a rolling, all-day cycle, with faster options carrying premium fees.The initiative, led by Udit Madan, Amazon SVP of worldwide operations, began as a pilot program with plans to potentially expand across the network later this year,…
Google announced on Wednesday that it’s releasing Lyria 3 Pro, a music generation model, a month after Lyria 3’s release. The new model will let users create tracks up to three minutes long, as compared to the 30-second-long tracks offered with the Lyria 3 model. The company said that, apart from allowing users to create longer tracks, the Lyria 3 Pro model will offer better creative control and customization. In the prompt, users can also specify different elements of a musical piece, such as intros, verses, choruses, and bridges, as the model understands track structure better than its predecessor. Google…
Would-be Reddit competitor Digg just shut down because it couldn’t get a handle on the bots overrunning its site. On Wednesday, Reddit said it’s taking on the challenge itself. The company will begin labeling automated accounts that are providing a service to users, similar to how the “good bots” are labeled on X, and it will now require accounts that are suspected of being bots to verify if they’re human. Reddit stresses this is not going to be a sitewide verification requirement, and will only occur if something suggests that the account isn’t human, including its activity on the site…